Today's Blind Items - A Family Crime - An Intercerebellar Blind Item
It looks like this family-owned studio might finally be toast.
Back in the ‘80s, they were essentially the original Netflix, though catering to a very specific audience. Their business practices have gotten them into serious trouble over the years, but they somehow kept functioning. How exactly? Their CEO and patriarch operates the company on behalf of a very large and very wealthy religious institution.
When you commit the same federal crime almost 100 million times, however, and face one of the most astronomical fines in the history of the United States justice system, the religious institution is not likely to keep their umbrella of protection over you for much longer.
Back in the ‘80s, they were essentially the original Netflix, though catering to a very specific audience. Their business practices have gotten them into serious trouble over the years, but they somehow kept functioning. How exactly? Their CEO and patriarch operates the company on behalf of a very large and very wealthy religious institution.
When you commit the same federal crime almost 100 million times, however, and face one of the most astronomical fines in the history of the United States justice system, the religious institution is not likely to keep their umbrella of protection over you for much longer.